Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201856408 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH UNDERGROUND LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 201856408 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 09/18/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305361032	09/19/2002	1731	238210	Pike Electric, Inc.

Abstract: Employees of two contractors, Pike Electric and the Fishel Company, were working to attach an underground power line to a utility pole to an overhead power line through a riser. A Pike Electric employee was kneeling on the ground, holding the lateral cable. He was using a knife to skin the insulation from the cable. An employee of the Fishel Company energized the 7200-volt line from another location. The Pike employee received an electric shock and died at the hospital.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, LOCKOUT, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, UNDRGRD POWER LINE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	305361032			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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